My First lesson was 11/2004- took MSF beginner class in Fullerton and I'm ready to roll out for more miles, new adventures and to meet new friends ever since. . 2009 Yamaha Road Star Silverado "S", lots of chrome on handlebar controls and forks, now with 43,115 miles.
"The Ride is the destination"

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About Me

Motorcycling has been a life changing experience. I hope sharing the info and pictures on the Blog gives you some idea how impressed I am with the experience, travel and the people I have met. Made new friends especially among Riders here in Orange County. Special recognition to Johney (Wrench)-helps with all the maintenance stuff+rides, plus other great riding friends: Ken Y., Luis V. & Minita, Chuck & Patty, John R., Joe, Carolyn, Gregg, Charlie & Carol, Rick, Stan P., Ed & Susan P., Barry, plus Terry, Bob B., Brian H., Glenn, William & Daveta Jo, Bob (Concho) and others.
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Amazing scenery, great ride, wonderful time.

Monument Valley, Utah-9/2011 photo by Johney Harper!

Thursday, October 23, 2008

REALLY BIG BIKE NIGHT 10-23 PORTILLO'S

This was a BIG Bike Night meeting at Portillo's Hot Dogs in Buena Park for Chapter 230 since we were meeting with Yamaha corporate people and a few attending from Chapter 345 in Riverside. We had a couple new members attending and a whole lot of the regular members including Friends of Stan group and some that rarely show up for weekly meetings. There were 60+ total people/riders and a lot of motorcycles and it was a fun evening with prizes for answering trivia questions hosted by Joe Cagley from Yamaha. I even won a shirt for knowing about the Mammoth Caves in Kentucky. Big bunch of pictures so enjoy. Too many members to remember all the names.This is a new V-Max from Yamaha and it's loaded with 200 hp and lots of gadgets.This is supposed to be a Yamaha group, but there are two Harleys, a Honda and just one other Yamaha in this bunch.And more motorcyclesStan's new saddlebags on his new Roadliner...NICE.

And another Harley, a blue Glide of some sort, apparently the economy is doing better than we thought.Here's Ken and Jon visiting for the first time.Waiting for the Trivia contest to begin and some free prizes courtesy Joe Cagley and Yamaha.